Use of natural and created Spartina alterniflora salt marshes by fishery species and other aquatic fauna in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA

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dc.acquisition-srcState of the Bay Symposiumen_US
dc.call-noAcc# 8723en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorMinello, T.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWebb, J.W., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.otherMarine Ecology Progress Seriesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:33:53Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:33:53Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 165-179en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractDensities of nekton and infauna in 15 salt marshes of Galveston Bay (5 natural and 10 created) were compared. This information was used to determine whether or not the two types of marshes were functionally equivalent. Generally, densities of infauna were higher in natural marshes; when approximately equal, the natural marshes contained larger specimens of the species. Nekton richness did not differ between the two types of marshes. Macroinfauna species richness were all significantly lower in the created marshes than the natural marshes. In conclusion, marsh elevation and tidal flooding are the major factors affecting nekton use in marshes.en_US
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dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/25782
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeen_US
dc.publisheren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries8723.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectsalt marshesen_US
dc.subjecthabitat valueen_US
dc.subjecthabitat creationen_US
dc.subjectrestorationen_US
dc.subjectnektonen_US
dc.subjectfishery speciesen_US
dc.subjecthabitat improvementen_US
dc.subjectinfaunaen_US
dc.subjectSpartina alternifloraen_US
dc.subjectsmooth cord grassen_US
dc.subjectdaggerblade grass shrimpen_US
dc.subjectPalaemonetes pugioen_US
dc.subjectmarsh grass shrimpen_US
dc.subjectPalaemonetes vulgarisen_US
dc.subjectwhite shrimpen_US
dc.subjectPenaeus setiferusen_US
dc.subjectbrown shrimpen_US
dc.subjectPenaeus aztecusen_US
dc.subjectblue craben_US
dc.subjectCallinectes sapidusen_US
dc.subjectGulf menhadenen_US
dc.subjectBrevoortia patronusen_US
dc.subjectpolychaete wormsen_US
dc.subjectgobies (Gobiidae)en_US
dc.subjectpinfishen_US
dc.subjectLagodon rhomboidesen_US
dc.titleUse of natural and created Spartina alterniflora salt marshes by fishery species and other aquatic fauna in Galveston Bay, Texas, USAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issue151(1-3)en_US

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